The article considers the role of Russian women in the Patriotic War of 1812. Gallant daughters of Russia fought side by side with men to liberate the country from French invaders. Representatives of all the estates participated in this war.Arthur G. Dalgatov...
Battle of Châteauguay, (Oct. 26, 1813), in the War of 1812, engagement in which the British compelled U.S. forces to abandon a projected attack on Montreal and thus exerted a decisive influence on U.S. strategy during the 1813 campaign. In the autumn
Pyrrhus’ contribution to this story came from the Pyrrhic Wars which started around 280 BC. The Greek city of Tarentum, down in the heel of Italy, was having problems with the Romans, so they called on Pyrrhus for help. Pyrrhus came over to help with some war elephants, some of the...
in the process, the outcome might be a Pyrrhic victory. Although side A has won the immediate conflict, the repercussions of their losses may have a negative impact on their future campaigns. Thenotionof winning the battle but losing the war is the primary understanding of Pyrrhus’s deeds ...
The book should appeal to anyone with an interest in American history. This succinct and very balanced account of the war, the battle, and the general will be useful for teachers, students, and anyone who needs a refresher course on why the War of 1812 was not only important but ...
The Generals: Andrew Jackson, Sir Edward Pakenham, and the Road to the Battle of New Orleans ? Benton Rain Patterson The Journal of Military History 70.1 (2006) 232-233 In 1989 when Don Hickey's book The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict appeared, he rightfully informed us that the confl...
After an eight year war, they secured their independence as the United States of America. The new republic purchased Louisiana from France in 1803, helping to fund the war in Europe. In 1812, to support their French allies, the USA invaded British Canada. With the fall of Britain in ...
Centenary of the Patriotic War of 1812 in the North Caucasus: Memory and Politics The article is devoted to the problems of commemorating the events of the Patriotic War of 1812 in the Northern Caucasus in the year of the centenary. A wi... N Dmitrieva - 《Istoriya》 被引量: 0发表: ...
May 9th and the entire story of WWII – referred to by the Soviets as “Second Great Patriotic War ” (the first one being the war against Napoleon in 1812) – are fundamental to any attempt to understand how Russia came to be the country it is now, with the leadership of a maniacal...
Book Review: Merchants and the Military in Eighteenth-Century Britain: British Army Contracts and Domestic Supply, 1739--1763. By Gordon E. Bannerman. London: Pickering & Chatto. 2008. 256 pp. 60.00/US$90.00. ISBN 978 1 85196 937 1 Shipping and Military Power in the Seven Years War: ...